edit: no, i really am wondering. i see all this potential for steals and some power, at least a sufferable average, and loads of runs scored. why, on a fantasy baseball message board, do people pee in his face? i don't get it. must be the proliferation of all you stinkin' cubs fans.

heh,

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Last edited by benjapage on Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Well, I watched Patterson for 2 years with the O's. He's pretty terrible at the plate, pretty awesome at stealing bases and lots of fun to watch in center. No way he should be leading off for anybody with his lack of plate discipline, but he's probably pretty decent for fantasy purposes if you don't play in an OBP league like I do.

Patterson's a power/speed tease, but his plate discipline hasn't improved any (even during his '04 breakout year), which makes him a suspect leadoff hitter when he isn't known to generate walks regularly when he's not swinging.